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does anyone else think this LinkedIn 'endorse' thing

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August 31, 2013, 11:45 PM
susannah
does anyone else think this LinkedIn 'endorse' thing
is like playing tag....
an electronic version of tag...
"Does [this person from your contact list from a hundred years ago] know about [some gibberish acryonym extracted from their profile] ? "
the funnier, the better...




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September 01, 2013, 05:53 PM
Waz
Yes, it it.

But do you endorse all for everything ?

Or do you keep it as true as possible.

I have no idea of what some of the abilities are. They are as yout say gibberish.


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September 01, 2013, 05:53 PM
Waz
Perhaps its their version of the Facebook Poke.


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September 01, 2013, 10:24 PM
susannah
well, neither. its like some sort of video poker game...4 show up at a time...and you don't know who its going to be or what the 'ability' is going to be...so sometimes its just flat out funny... that gets my vote! or you get an email that someone you haven't heard from in ages has endorsed you, but it doesn't say what for, so you have to log on to find out...and tag them back... and then the silliness begins...
September 01, 2013, 11:16 PM
Waz
Hey,

Look me up on LinkedIn and I'll endorse you......

Razzer


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September 03, 2013, 07:18 PM
Waz
One down, many to go.......


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September 09, 2013, 05:06 PM
Dan Pinault
I agree. I takes all the meaning out of endorsements. It's really too bad because it cheapens the connections you have. You can't tell anything about a person based on them. What good is it when your barber says you know something about data visualization? I wish there was a way to turn them off.


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September 10, 2013, 09:11 AM
George Patton
So stop using LinkedIn - I have. I haven't ditched facebook yet, but I'm coming close to doing so ...


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September 10, 2013, 12:06 PM
Francis Mariani
I need to join The Antisocial Network...


Francis


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September 10, 2013, 12:30 PM
susannah
but it's Funny! this thing isn't meant to be meaningful to you or me, its meant to drive clicks to their site and hence advertising $.




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September 10, 2013, 05:07 PM
Waz
quote:
I need to join The Antisocial Network



Haha, thats an oxymoron and a half.

Good One


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September 10, 2013, 05:20 PM
Waz
I've just started a test. I've added a new skill that has nothing to do with work.

I'm interested to see if I get any endorsements.....


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September 11, 2013, 10:31 AM
neuro
Susannah, I think this would be more like a slot machine than video poker
quote:
video poker game
...Video poker is one of the games in a casino that actually can have player advantage odds in regards to law of large numbers. Wink Just being technical here. I tried to look you up on LinkedIn so I can spend all day endorsing you instead of focusing on my projects.

I want an endorsement for "Endorsing"... lol


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September 11, 2013, 11:11 AM
susannah
see that's the thing... i want to remain in blissful denial that WAZ has any other name than WAZ... so i won't look any of you up to endorse... i like thinking of ABT as American Ballet Theatre... etc




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September 11, 2013, 11:22 AM
neuro
Well I guess I am at a loss when I ran into you and Tony A in the elevator at Conference this last June!

I always think of "Steve Wozniak" when I see WAZ on the forums... lol...Wouldn't that be a hoot!


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September 11, 2013, 05:35 PM
Waz
Cool
Woz...


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September 12, 2013, 03:20 AM
Tony A
quote:
when I ran into you and Tony A in the elevator

Now you have me thinking .......

T
September 13, 2013, 10:43 AM
neuro
Tony A.... Then I sat behind you on the bus to Universal and we had a conversation the entire way... haha... Not using real names on the forums are tricky, eh? Wink


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September 13, 2013, 10:44 AM
neuro
Waz, I wish there was a Facebook "Like" on this forum... I would have "Liked" you last comment!


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September 14, 2013, 12:48 PM
George Patton
Please god, NO !! We all think that Waz=Wonderful, but spare us the facebook nightmare. You could always use Good One which is in the available smileys.


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September 15, 2013, 12:32 PM
Tony A
@Neuro, ah... now it fits Smiler Hope is all well.

T
September 16, 2013, 11:38 AM
susannah
tag
you're it.
September 16, 2013, 01:30 PM
neuro
Hey... No tag backs... LOL


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